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Planet Earth (1974)

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 "This is the 22nd Century, the land renewed, the air and water pure again." I thought this would be a blast, but something else happened when I was watching it. Planet Earth is a made for TV movie created and written by Gene Roddenberry. I had no idea about that when I pulled it out of the hat... just that John Saxon was in it and the women ruled the planet. Sounded like it had potential for me to throw in a decent amount of witty comments here and there. The opening theme is a dramatic 70's style introduction to the story, but with a bit of mysterious Star Trek sci-fi undulation. Planet Earth was produced by Robert H. Justman, who also produced the original Star Trek among others. Oh, no wonder the music was so similar. We're introduced to Dylan Hunt, our main character. Ok. At least his first name isn't Rock. He was lost in a suspended animation accident in 1979, found and awakened by the people of Pax in 2133. Somehow the only place on Earth not destroyed by t...